Hownblower I think is worth your time; I hope so, at least. (These days, my need for Napoleonic navy stories is entirely met by O'Brian; but the need was there before, so of course I found Hornblower first, and loved them when I was young.)
I should probably try Temeraire again, and go further than the one book now that there's a series. My first feeling was that it was a bright notion - Hornblower with dragons! - poorly developed: as though that was the only notion that she had, and it really wasn't enough. I wanted deeper evidence of worldbuilding, how the fact of dragons would have changed the world, rather than just skinning it over with air power.
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Date: 2014-07-17 02:38 am (UTC)I should probably try Temeraire again, and go further than the one book now that there's a series. My first feeling was that it was a bright notion - Hornblower with dragons! - poorly developed: as though that was the only notion that she had, and it really wasn't enough. I wanted deeper evidence of worldbuilding, how the fact of dragons would have changed the world, rather than just skinning it over with air power.